placenamesCallownamuck
Caladh na Muc
Collinamuck’s lakeshore crossing, school history and remembered burial places connect trade, education and local commemoration.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Caladh na Muc · Irish · main form · validated name
- Callownamuck · English · main form
- Collinamuck · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A ferry across Lough Corrib
The nineteenth-century field-name books describe Callownamuck as a former ferry point for taking pigs across Lough Corrib to Headford market. This crossing preceded a ferry at Knock in neighbouring Killannin parish. The account, reproduced by Oughterard Heritage, explains why local variants of the name referred to a pig harbour or ferry. It places the lakeshore community within a trading network crossing the water rather than following only the roads. [2]
The school and a later church site
The wider Collinamuck community’s old school stood in neighbouring Carrowmoreknock. Jim Fahy’s research identifies a February 1881 letter from the parish priest to Vere Foster reporting the school complete, with a slated roof and boarded interior. In 1957, architect Simon J. Kelly was commissioned to design a church on the old school site. The record links educational and religious building projects while distinguishing the school location from Callownamuck townland. [3]
Remembering Tobar Cuana and local burial grounds
The field-name books also record a holy well called Tobar Cuana in Callownamuck. A 2019 community notice announced Mass at its graveyard, identifying the place precisely on the eastern side of the settlement. Later, Moycullen Heritage publicised Collinamuck’s community work with archaeologists to conserve local cilliní. These notices document local efforts to commemorate and care for burial places. [2] [4] [5]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Moycullen
- Civil parish
- Kilcummin
- Within
- Callownamuck
- Coordinates
- 53.41336, -9.17317 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413457 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Callownamuck. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Callownamuck: field-name books and local records · Treasa Nic Dhonncha and Antoinette Lydon, Oughterard Heritage
- Old School, Collinamuck · Jim Fahy, Oughterard Heritage
- Mass at Tobar Cuana, 20 September 2019 · Moycullen Heritage
- Conserving Our Cilliní: Collinamuck Historical Society · Moycullen Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-05-20. How this page was prepared.